Friday, 10 August 2012

The Possibilities

Through some very unscientific choosing (the more outlandish suggestions are the result of blind finger-pointing, others because I want to do them) we have...dah dah daaaaahhhhh.....

The short-list:

Noel/Jacob - finish the novel

Lizzie - proofread her dissertation

Dan/Isobel - do cheese-rolling

Dan - pretend to be Mary Poppins all day then wander around London telling people you were in the London Olympic opening ceremony

Jacob/Sarah S - learn to breakdance

Jacob - stage or participate in a flashmob

Sarah S/Harrison - read an ambitious book

Sarah S - attempt to sneak backstage at a concert

Sarah S - make a cookbook for family and friends

Zanny/Rob - go to a rave

Zanny/Rob - go camping

Zanny - get someone famous to sign your body

Zanny - set up a stall in a market for a weekend

Sarah B - climb Mount Snowden

Rachel O/Leo/Graham/Pat - come to the US (and eat cheesesteak)

Rachel G/Dan - Mile-long outdoor swim

Rachel G - run a 10k

Laura S - go to a Tory Party function

Laura S - start a niche dating website

Laura S - learn to drive and pass the test

Pat - do the run-and-chug

Harrison - go around London and only converse with people in Urdu and hand gestures for a day. Pretend you don't speak British

Harrison - read half of 50 Shades of Grey then report back

Harrison - recreate a fun childhood photograph

Harrison - create a 25-point visitors' guide to London with places that have some significance to you

Harrison - bake 25 different cakes

Harrison - be an honest-to-God hipster for a few days then write an article about your experience

Graham - start playing the saxophone again

Graham - introduce two people with the goal of, and succeeding at, starting a relationship

Graham/Mum - try 25/26 new foods

Graham - learn one awesome but completely useless talent

Mum - enter a picture in the Summer Exhibition

Dad - sample all the beers made in London.

And, if I start earning megabucks (hahahaha), then I have these places and people to visit in addition to going to NYC/Philly/DC: Italy (Chris), Malta (Alison), Canada (Adil) and Seattle (Isobel). Can't wait!

So now I just have to whittle away or combine the thirty-three into twenty-five, and then get cracking! This will be done by the end of today, as I'm off to Croatia tomorrow (not sure I can do any of the things on this list there, though).